CBS Prime Time Commercial Free Main Event
Spencer Adams vs. Howard Black
A panoramic view scans around the viewing audience in the midst of lively partying, dancing, and drinking throughout the arena. They simultaneously start chanting in unison:
“WE GON' BE ALRIGHT! WE GON' BE ALRIGHT! WE GON' BE ALRIGHT! WE GON' BE ALRIGHT!”
We hear Pharrell’s signature four beat stop as a mock illustration of Mt. Rushmore comes on screen, one face added per beat stop with each of them being Spencer's.
“Alright” by Kendrick Lamar starts playing throughout the arena. As the chorus drops, the lively partying, dancing, and drinking from the viewing audience picks up as Spencer Adams appears on stage.
He looks straight up into the camera and strolls down the aisle before jogging up the steps. He hits the post with an exchange of right and left palm strikes before using the ropes to springboard himself to the top turnbuckle where he leans his head back and thrusts his arms out to both sides to a monster pop from the crowd.
Adilene Floyd: Making his way to the ring, from Chicago, Illionis weighing in at 170 pounds...Spencerrrr Adams!!
Spencer leans down, smacking both hands against the ringside padding once he hits the end of the ramp. He charges forward and slides into the ring. Once inside, he ascends the turnbuckle and brings both palms to his chest as he exhales before extending his arms outward once more.
Billy: One of the most decorated Champions of all time here in AW!The lights in the arena go to black, with only the giant screen above the stage displaying the pattern of a oscilloscope matching the chaotic distortion which begins "Lost Boys" by Death Grips. As the distortion begins to settle into the beat, words appear on the screen:
"It's Such a Long Way Down"
From the curtain emerges Howard Black in a black hooded sweatshirt and black wrestling pants. White lions decorate the sides of his legs - a silver crucifix hangs from his neck. With a single hand, he reaches up to push his hood off his face and throws his head back to give a battle cry.
Adilene Floyd: Make his way to the ring from Lincoln, NE and weighing 215 lbs... he is "the Lost Boy" HOWARD BLACK!
Howard makes his way down the ramp and slides into the ring. He crosses the mat to the far turnbuckle and pulls himself to the second rope. After looking over the crowd, he rolls his shoulders back and extends his arms to strike a pose. He takes a moment to absorb the crowd reaction, then drops to the mat. He crosses to his corner and removes his sweatshirt and crucifix necklaces, which he gives a kiss before carefully storing it away. Turning back to the ring, he wait for the match to begin, his stance tense and ready to lunge.
Billy: Wow! He's here on Clash and I can't believe it!Chris Avery: BIG time match up!Billy: Absolutely, this has BIG FIGHT FEEL all over it!The crowd comes alive as the camera pans out slowly and then pans back in as the lights darken and we're ready for the main event.
DING DING DING.
Black and Spencer Adams walk slowly towards the middle of the ring, they go face to face. They look out at the crowd and then slowly back up and circle around the ring now. Black tries to a tie up, but Spencer backs out of the cadence, keeping the two separated. Black tries in for another tie up, but Spencer keeps out of the cadence, possibly fucking with Blacks rhythm, Black goes in for another tie up but Spencer hip tosses Black to the mat and the crowd loses their mind cheering and Spencer Adams taunts and tells Howie to get back up!
Billy: What a match up! What a start!Black dusts himself off and it's no big deal and they circle each other again and Black tries for another tie up, but Spencer side-steps, drop toe holds Black, Black quickly gets back to his feet as does Spencer and Black stands in place while Spencer smiles. The two nod out of respect.
Chris Avery: They respect each other! These two are HUGE icons in the sport of wrestling!Billy: THIS IS AN EVOLUTION TYPE MAIN EVENT, CHRIS!They circle each other one more time before tying up but Black catches Spencer going inside and Black hits a hip toss on Spencer! The crowd pops! Spencer gets up and rushes towards Black, but Black hits a drop toe hold and Black gets back to his feet! Spencer jumps back up and rushes at Black but Black hits a drop toe hold again! Black gets up and leg drops the back of Spencer and rolls to his feet as Spencer kneels up and Black rushes over and hits a quick DDT BUT NO, Spencer stands up and lifts Black off his feet but the two get seperated and Black goes for a clothesline but Spencer ducks, Spencer turns and goes for a clothesline but Black ducks, and the two face each other and go for a dropkick but they both miss and get back to their feet. The crowd stands up and is a HUGE pop.
Billy: Listen to this crowd! This is Action Wrestling! You can't get roleplays, match writing, or shows like this anywhere else, I'll tell you that much!Chris Avery: OH hell yeah!They tie up one more time and Spencer again takes control and shoves Black back with a few chops and punches and then climbs up on the turnbuckle and nails a few shots in the head but Black shoves him off! Spencer gets back up and walks right into a few chops from Black! Another chop from Black! Spencer goes for a clothesline, but Black ducks and hits a HUGE right hand when Spencer turns around! Black picks up Spencer on his shoulders and runs over and drops him face first on the top turnbuckle! Black dashes off to the ropes and comes back with a flying crossbody/elbow attack knocking Spencer down!
Billy: Oh shit yeah!Spencer gets up and Black goes for The Mollywhop but Spencer catches the hand and takes Black down hard and puts Black in the crossface instantly!
Chris Avery: CROSSFACE!! CROSSFACE!!Black is trying to get out of it and the crowd is going nuts as if Black just might tap out! Black turns sideways out of the submission and gets up, Spencer still holding tight, Black picks up Spencer and hits a sidewalk slam in the middle of the ring!
Billy: BOTH MEN DOWN!Black and Spencer slowly get up and Spencer goes for a clothesline, but Black ducks and shoves him through to the ropes chest first, Black then grabs Spencer and hits a German Suplex! Spencer rolls all the way through the German Suplex and back to his knees, Black runs and hits a running knee knocking Spencer out of the ring!
Chris Avery: What a knee!Black rolls out and grabs Spencer and throws him head first into the steel steps! He grabs Spencer and rolls him into the ring but his head is under the ropes sticking out on the apron. Black punches and kicks the head of Spencer a few times and gets on the apron.
Billy: Uh oh, here we go!Black on the apron goes for a leg drop, but Spencer rolls out and Black lands ass-first on the apron and lands outside of the ring. Spencer gets up first trying to capitalize and baseball slides Black who was just getting to his feet and Black goes down again. Spencer climbs up to the top rope.
Chris Avery: Where is he going!?Billy: Thats dangerous up there!Spencer positions himself on the top rope as Black is getting to his feet on the outside of the ring and Spencer flies.. into a moonsault.. and Black side steps and throws Spencer down and Spencer Adams just moonsaulted off the top rope and landed stomach/face first onto the mats on the outside of the ring! The crowd has gasped as Spencer looks out cold. The crowd begins to chant!
Billy: OH MY GOD!!HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! Black rolls into the ring to take a breather as the ref is checking on Spencer Adams, and Spencer is barely moving. Black stands to his feet and rolls out of the ring and the ref keeps him away from Spencer as Spencer now starts to move around and try to get to his feet. Black gets back in the ring as Spencer starts to move to his feet. Black hits the ropes, then hits the ropes, then hits the ropes running at full speed.. Black flies through the middle ropes for a suicide dive, but Spencer side steps and grabs the camera man all within 2 seconds and Black crashes into the Cameraman!!
Billy: SHITFIRE JESUS CHRIST!!Chris Avery: HOWARD BLACK JUST CRASHED THROUGH OUR CAMERAMAN!!Billy: MY GOD IVE NEVER SEEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS BEFORE!!
HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! Chris Avery: WHAT THE HELL!!Spencer rolls into the ring holding his rib cage and the ref checks on Black and rolls back into the ring. Black looks out cold as does the Cameraman. The crowd just fades on chanting HOLY SHIT again as Spencer is demanding the ref to count him out!
HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! Billy: Is he going to get counted out!?The ref starts.
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Chris Avery: IS THIS HOW IT ENDS?Six!
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Black is barely awake..
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Black hops up and slides in..
The crowd pops big time. Spencer sits back down in the corner smiling.
Black gets to his feet and eats a right hand from Spencer! Black responds with a strike of his own!
Billy: Here we go! Who takes advantage!Spencer hits another strike! Another strike! He hits a spinkick to the stomach of Black and then bulldogs him down!
Spencer gets up and taunts and the crowd comes alive. Black gets to his feet slowly and Spencer grabs the arm and spins it around and HITS THE EAT DEFEAT!
Chris Avery: EAT DEFEAT!! EAT DEFEAT!!Spencer rolls Howie over and hooks the leg!
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Billy: NOOO!!Chris Avery: HOWARD WITH A SHOULDER UP!!Spencer sits up and can't believe it! Howard rolls to the ropes and gets to his feet and Spencer is up and Spencer rolls Black up from behind!
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Kick out!
Black kneels up out of the school boy pin and SPENCER HITS THE SUPERKICK!!
Billy: THE RANGE!Spencer falls back on Howard!
ONE!!
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THREE!!
Chris Avery: THATS IT!!Billy: NO ITS NOT!! BLACK GETS A SHOULDER UP AGAIN!!The crowd is going crazy!
Spencer can't believe it and stands up and grabs the head of Black and goes for THE LIGHT but Black spins out of it and kicks Spencer in the gut and hits a quick DDT!!
Billy: DDT!!Chris Avery: BLACK IS FEELING IT NOW!!The crowd is crazy and Black rolls to his feet and notices the opening and hits the ropes! He leaps in the air as Spencer is on his hands and knees and goes for the curb stomp but Spencer rolls 360 out of the way back to his hands and knees but Howard saw it happening and stopped half way, he turns and kicks Spencer in the stomach and hits the ropes and hits the CURB STOMP!
Howie stumbles into the ropes and is FIRED up, Spencer gets to his feet and goes for an attack but Howard ducks, turns Spencer around and hits THE MOLLYWHOP!!
Billy: ITS OVER!!Chris Avery: OH DAMN!!ONE!!
TWO!!
THREE!!
Billy: SPENCER ADAMS KICKS OUT AT TWO POINT-WHAT-THE-HELL!Chris Avery: MY GOD HOW DID HE KICK OUT!!Black isn't dejected though and rolls to the corner as Spencer is kneeling up and Black hits a superkick to the face of Spencer! Stiff as FUCK. Black grabs Spencer RIGHT AWAY and hits a brainbuster! Spencer rolls up to his knees and Howard is running full speed and just hits a spear! Its not from the top rope but it IS what it is!
Howard Black hooks the legs!!
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TWO!!
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Billy: THATS IT!?Chris Avery: THE REF SAYS TWO!! THE REF SAYS TWO!!The crowd is going crazy!
Billy: MY GOD!! THESE TWO ICONS ARE GOING AT IT LIKE A HEAVYWEIGHT WAR!Chris Avery: AND YOU KNOW WE'RE NOT TAKING A COMMERCIAL BREAK UNTIL THIS MATCH IS OVER!! CBS AND ACTION WRESTLING GIVING YOU THIS FOR FREE! YOU GOTTA LOVE IT!Black stands up and grabs Spencer but Spencer floats behind Black and shoves him into the ropes chest first and bounces back straight into Spencer hitting a German Suplex but Black flips to his stomach!
Billy: HE JUST FLIPPED HIM!!Black FIRES UP to his feet!
Spencer is up and Black hits a SUPERKICK to Spencer!
Spencer bounces off the ropes as Black is hitting the ropes but Spencer retaliates with a SUPERKICK of his own!
Black is stunned in place and Spencer picks up Black onto his shoulders and hits the WASTELAND!
Billy: VACCINE!!Chris Avery: WE HAVENT SEEN THAT IN MONTHS!Spencer lays on top of Howie..
ONE!!
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Billy: ITS OVER!!Chris Avery: SPENCER ADAMS HAS DEFEATED HOWARD BLACK!!The crowd still pops as Spencer sits up and he's dead ass exhausted.
Billy: WHAT A MATCH!! WHAT A LEGENDARY MATCH WE JUST SAW ON MONDAY NIGHT CLASH!!Chris Avery: WE JUST WITNESSED AN INSTANT CLASSIC!Spencer finally gets to his feet but stumbles into the corner and the ref is pointing and raising his hand in victory!
Howard Black is sitting in the corner and the music fades.
The crowd is STILL cheering.
Black stands up and moves the hair out of his face and Spencer moves to him in the corner and extends his hand. Black accepts and they shake hands before the both of them pull each other in for a hug.
Billy: HELL YEAH!! THATS RESPECT!!Chris Avery: YOU'RE LOOKING AT TWO OF THE GREATEST TO LACE EM UP!Then we hear familiar music and the crowd turns their attention to the stage.
A still-sweaty Pasternak who now has a towel around his neck from his match a while ago has a microphone and the music cuts.
Alexander Pasternak: Well, they put the pressure on to make Uprising as big as it can be so why don't I make it official. Spencer Adams.. you're officially in ...The crowd buzzes..
Alexander Pasternak: THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP LADDER MATCH!!THE CROWD POPS.
Billy: WHOA!!Chris Avery: OH MY!!Spencer is taken back and the crowd is cheering around him.
Billy: SPENCER ADAMS BACK IN A WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH? NO WAY!! THAT MATCH JUST GOT TURNED UP A NOTCH!Chris Avery: THOSE FOUR ARE GOING TO TEAR THE HOUSE DOWN AT UPRISING!Howard Black pats Spencer on the back... He goes to leave the ring..
Alexander Pasternak: Oh, I'm not done yet.. Howard Black..He stops and looks to the stage at Pasternak...
Alexander Pasternak: Howard Black you're officially added to the WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP LADDER MATCH TOO!!THE CROWD ERUPTS AS HOWARD BLACKS EYES OPEN UP.
Billy: SHITFIRE!! WHAT THE HELL!?Chris Avery: OH ETTA AND WALTER ARE NOT GOING TO LIKE THIS!!Billy: SOMETIMES GOOD THINGS COME TO THOSE WHO WAIT!! SPENCER ADAMS AND HOWARD BLACK THREW IT DOWN ON MONDAY NIGHT CLASH TONIGHT AND NOW IN TWO WEEKS THEY'LL BE IN A FIVE-WAY LADDER MATCH FOR THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BELT!!Chris Avery: HOWARD BLACK! SPENCER ADAMS! BONNIE BLUE! JAMES NIGHTINGALE! WALTER!! MY GOD, THE RING ISNT BIG ENOUGH FOR THOSE FIVE!Howard Black and Spencer look at each other. Pasternak is smiling.
The show is fading..
Billy: GOODNIGHT EVERYBODY!! WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK ON MONDAY NIGHT CLASH!!